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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Plainfield Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17197880321 · Will County, IL · pop 5,041 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Plainfield

With a score of 3/10, tract 17197880321 in Plainfield, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,041 residents. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Will County average of 40.4%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share3.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate0.5%
Median income$139,432

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 10 tracts In Plainfield
Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#155 of 172 tracts In Will County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,873 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Plainfield and the region

Centroid at 41.6588, -88.2183 · click any tract to drill in

Why Plainfield scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Plainfield
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,792 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainfield
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainfield
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainfield
4.1

How Plainfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Plainfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 880321Plainfield: 4.04.0Plainfieldparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Plainfield

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10. The voucher gap is 58.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

At $2,792 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Plainfield commands. It sits 1.2 points below the Will County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 0%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $139,432.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197880321

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880321?

Census tract 17197880321 in Plainfield scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17197880321?

Median gross rent is $2,792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880321?

0.5% of residents in tract 17197880321 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,041.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880321?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 29th, minority 53th, housing 40th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17197880321 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17197880321 compare to Plainfield overall?

Tract 17197880321 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Plainfield at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Plainfield

Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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